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Guide to Taking Oral History of Bankruptcy Judges
Credit Abuse Resistance Education (CARE) Program
"The Credit Abuse Resistance Education (CARE) Program is a nationwide program which provides high school and college educators easy access to volunteer professionals from the bankruptcy community who go into the schools to teach students important financial literacy lessons, tactics and techniques to help them understand how to use credit wisely, avoid credit card debt and understand the consequences of leading a debt-filled rather than a debt-free life. To learn more about the Program, go to www.careprogram.us, which includes a Federal Judicial Center Documentary."
For more information :
Kansas City Daily Record
Kansas City CARE Article
Boston Globe 5-22-05
Care Today-Volume 1
Guide to Taking Oral History of Bankruptcy Judges
The "Guide to Taking Oral History of Bankruptcy Judges" is a step-by-step manual to aid the judge and the interviewer as they plan and carry-out the taking of an oral history. The Guide includes suggestions for procedures and techniques, as well as an outline of possible questions and areas to be covered, release forms, and information concerning transcription. Though geared to the experiences of bankruptcy judges, this guide also will provide assistance to anyone taking oral histories of judges in other fields, as well as of attorneys and other professionals. The Guide was prepared by the NCBJ Archives and History Committee and is based on “Saving Yesterday Today for Tomorrow: A Guide to Oral History for the Bench and Bar” by Carole Hicke, as distributed by the Ninth Judicial Circuit Historical Society.
Guide to Taking Oral History of Bankruptcy Judges
Outreach to State Court Judges
In April of 2008, the National Conference of Bankruptcy Judges ("NCBJ") (through the Public Outreach Committee) and the American Bar Association (through its Judicial Division) partnered on a nationwide project to offer bankruptcy materials to state court judges on issues related to proceedings in their courts. The American Bankruptcy Institute ("ABI") and the National Association of Women Judges ("NAWJ") participated by offering, without charge, copies of materials prepared by those organizations for use in seminars by participating bankruptcy judges and state court judges.
NCBJ invited all bankruptcy judges to participate. Many of our colleagues had been doing this work on their own for some time through their local efforts, but a number of bankruptcy judges responded to this initiative by setting up programs. Since the start of the program, there has been a smooth operation to help local efforts by bankruptcy judges or bar groups to arrange programs, and a flow of materials from the ABI and NAWJ as promised.
Persons interested in setting up a seminar may contact Judge Jack Schmetterer. In addition, materials developed by bankruptcy judges are posted here for your use.
Outreach to State Court Judges: Bankruptcy Seminar Materials
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